Plan your visit
HeritageWildlife
Dogs welcome
Getting here
50.92337, -3.09699
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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vWalking
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Blagdon HillWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
About this historic site
Robin Hood's Butts is an ancient historic site. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦RAF Culmhead (Scheduled Monument)Historic site2.6 km→✦Castle Neroche: a motte and bailey castle and earlier defences above Castle PlantationHistoric site4.4 km→✦Site of Otterhead HouseHistoric site800 m→✦World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Culmhead, at Trickey Warren FarmHistoric site2.6 km→✦Castle NerocheHistoric site4.4 km→✦Castle NerocheHistoric site4.5 km→